I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 168 Save Us_1

Chapter 168: Chapter 168 Save Us_1

"Ah, no way?"

Seeing that nobody believed you, you didn’t attempt to argue further and silently started walking around the orchard. You didn’t walk fast, and your already activated Sen Luo Eye scanned the land around and beneath your feet like a scanner.

"Old Shu, have you actually found anything? Come on, tell your brothers,"

Xiao Feng and others approached you.

You glanced at them, smiled, and said, "It’s no use me telling you, the fruit trees have to tell you."

"Huh?"

Hearing you talk more and more like a madman, everyone was even more astonished.

But with a mysterious smile, you walked up to a fruit tree and snapped off a branch.

After you snapped off the branch, it was just as you expected: the branch didn’t undergo any changes, it looked the same as usual, and even when you brought it to your nose, it didn’t smell of anything.

Fan Dongqing said from the side, "From the roots to the trunk, and from the trunk to the branches and leaves—there’s no issue, but the fruit itself undergoes a strange change; this truly baffles me."

You turned to look at the others and asked, "Does anyone have paper on them?"

"What, you need to go to the toilet? I have some in my pocket," Yang Kai said, taking a pack of napkins out of his pocket.

You gave him a look and said, "I’m looking for plain paper, the kind you can write on."

"I do."

Standing next to Wu Qiyi, Xi Yu held a briefcase and took a sketchbook out of it.

You tore off a sheet of white paper from it, then found a flat rock and placed the white paper on it.

"Old Shu, what are you doing?" Wei Shuxian asked, pushing up his glasses.

You smiled and said, "You’ll know soon, but before that, could you please pick a few apples for me and sprinkle the juice on this piece of paper?"

Although they didn’t understand why, since you’d said so, everyone did as you asked.

Soon, everyone had soaked the whole piece of white paper with the dark, stinky apple juice.

"What next?"

Yin Guihua covered her nose and looked at the now-black sketch paper.

You looked up at the east, where the mountaintop had begun to glow red.

"We wait for the sun to come up."

About ten or so minutes later, as the morning sun shone onto the blackened sketch paper,

there was a sizzling noise, and the sketch paper twisted and curled up strangely, with wisps of black smoke rising from it.

"Everyone step back!"

Fan Dongqing shouted urgently, and the villagers watching scrambled back.

As the smoke rose, you stirred the space above the sketch paper with the apple tree branch in your hand, and then to everyone’s astonishment, you let go, and the apple tree branch stayed afloat, stirring the black smoke by itself. The black smoke quickly entwined around the floating branch as if it depended on it.

"Bring another sheet of white paper."

Yin Guihua quickly took one from Xi Yu and handed it to you.

By now, the original sketch paper had rolled up into a ball. You took it away and placed the new sketch paper Yin Guihua passed you under the floating apple tree branch.

Wei Shuxian picked up the balled-up sketch paper, opened it, and found that the paper, which had been soaked black with apple juice, had turned white again!

"Look, it’s writing!"

Yang Kai exclaimed, and everyone’s gaze focused on the white paper.

Something even stranger happened: the apple tree branch entwined with black smoke actually began to write on a sheet of white paper!

"Save..."

The apple tree branch wrote very slowly, and the handwriting was crooked and twisted.

"Save us..."

Upon seeing these two characters, everyone couldn’t help but exchange glances, their faces filled with astonishment.

"Save us!?"

As soon as these four characters were completed, the apple tree branch suddenly burst into flames under the sunlight and instantly turned to ashes!

Yang Kai and Xiao Feng looked at each other and then both turned to you, saying in unison, "This wasn’t your doing, right?"

"I don’t have the leisure to play such tricks, and if I were to play, I’d make the handwriting much prettier."

"But, but this is too strange, isn’t it?"

Yang Kai still couldn’t believe what he saw, even though he had come to accept his past life connection with Nie Ying and the fact that they were now husband and wife. Yet, today’s events were still completely beyond his comprehension, making it somewhat difficult for him to accept.

Unlike everyone’s skepticism, Wu Qiyi was calm as she asked you, "Have you found the root of the problem yet?"

Wu Qiyi always observed things in meticulous detail; very little could escape her eyes.

You smiled and said, "I’ve found a clue, but further speculation is still needed."

As you said this, you stood up and turned to Fan Dongqing:"Brother Dongqing, please ask the villagers to step outside the fence. I need to set up a rather large formation."

"Formation?"

Fan Dongqing looked at you with a puzzled expression.

"You’ll know in a moment, but I’ll need your help too."

Fan Dongqing nodded his head, directed the onlookers to the other side of the fence, then stood in front of you and asked, "What should we do next?"

Fan Dongqing himself wasn’t fond of owing favors to anyone. Although poor, as a soldier—or rather, a former soldier—he still possessed the unyielding spirit unique to the military.

He had completely given up hope for this orchard, but after witnessing your actions, it seemed there might be a chance for it, reviving his previously dead hope.

You did not reveal your thoughts and took out a small plastic bag from your backpack, which contained little artifacts folded out of Talisman Paper: origami in various shapes including Thousand Paper Cranes, pyramids, and even paper Bagua.

You removed eight pyramid-shaped origami pieces, each the size of a thumb pad, from the plastic bag and distributed them to the eight people including Fan Dongqing.

The eight individuals held the pyramids and looked at you with questioning eyes.

"I’m going to set up a Two Days Heaven Bagua Array, which can be quite taxing, so if anyone feels their strength waning at any point, please let me know immediately."

Suddenly, you closed your eyes, making use of your new ability—the Sen Luo Eye—which you had acquired at Kunlong Ridge.

Your vision soared, as if you had flown up to a height of several meters in an instant, looking down upon the orchard below.

"Brother Dongqing, turn around and walk straight for about fifty steps."

"Little Kai, Madman, Glasses, the same for you."

Once everyone had gone to the places you specified, you gave them further adjustments, "Brother Dongqing, take three steps to the left, and then one step back, yes, stay there, don’t move; Yang Kai..."

Under your guidance, you had Fan Dongqing, Yang Kai, Xiao Feng, and Wei Shuxian stand at the east, south, west, and north corners of the orchard, respectively. You instructed them to place their hands crossed over the Dantian area with the pyramid in their palms.

Then, you directed Wu Qiyi, Fan Yi, Xi Yu, and Yin Guihua to positions approximately twenty-five meters away from the four men, with their locations respectively being northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest, assuming the same stance as the men.

"Alright, now nobody move."

Having said that, you slowly opened your eyes.

Sen Luo Eye, activate!